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Care coordination for older adults – still elusive, does tech help?

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Handoffs across disparate providers is described as a software capability by one player, WellSky, that can reduce readmissions – and they tout the integration they already have tracking 30% of annual discharges to 130,000 post-acute facilities. category tags: healthcare , home health care , Home Care , tech-enabled home care

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Remote Care Technologies – What have they been, what will they be?

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Consider the HIMSS rebranding of one company, Wellsky, formerly Mediware,rebranded as Wellsky, but also renamed home, companion, private duty care as ‘personal care.’ category tags: Telehealth-mHealth-Voice Health. This is an acknowledgement of the emerging reimbursement of some home care services by Medicare Advantage.

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Innovative offerings from 2020 (virtual) HIMSS

Aging in Place Technology Watch

WellSky – technology for ‘personal’ (aka home, companion, private duty) care. A company grown from a 1980 founding of Mediware through multiple acquisitions, it was rebranded in 2018 as WellSky – and is now run by Bill Miller, former CEO of Optum. Learn more. How to provide visibility to care requirements before they become acute?